Tip: Buy fresh produce in-season when it tends to be less expensive.
Buy fresh produce in-season when it tends to be less expensive. Buy apples in the fall, berries in the summer, for example.
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Tip: Teach children to read food labels so that they can plan healthy meals.
Teach children to read food labels so that they can plan healthy meals.
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Tip: Bring the kids along to the supermarket and have them pick out one fruit or vegetable of interest to them and prepare a meal around that selection, Mom!
Bring the kids along to the supermarket and have them pick out one fruit or vegetable that is of interest to them and prepare a meal around that selection.
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Tip: Encourage your child to choose his or her own fruit when shopping.
Encourage your child to choose his or her own fruit when shopping.
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Tip: When you go to pick out your pumpkin, see if you can find some squash relatives like acorn squash, butternut squash, Hubbard squash, and spaghetti squash.
When you go to pick out your pumpkin, see if you can find some squash relatives like acorn squash, butternut squash, Hubbard squash, and spaghetti sq…
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Tip: Kids taste test! Ask your kids to pick one new fruit or vegetable this week and conduct a blindfolded taste test for the whole family to guess what it is.
Kids taste test! Ask your kids to pick one new fruit or vegetable this week and conduct a taste test for the whole family to guess what it is.
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Tip: Canned, dried, and frozen fruits and vegetables are also good options.
Canned, dried, and frozen fruits and vegetables are also good options. Look for fruit without added sugar or syrups and vegetables without added salt…
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Tip: Use perishable fruits and vegetables at the week’s beginning, and frozen or canned varieties at the end.
Use perishable fruits and vegetables at the week’s beginning, and frozen or canned varieties at the end.
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Tip: If fruits and vegetables always spoil before you can use them up, consider buying only enough fresh produce to use in 3 or 4 days, keep frozen and canned fruits and vegetables on hand.
If fruits and vegetables always spoil before you can use them up, consider buying only enough fresh produce to use in 3 or 4 days, keep frozen and ca…
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Tip: Don’t forget frozen, dried and canned produce.
Don’t forget frozen, dried and canned produce.
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Tip: Look for low-fat soups and casseroles with vegetables in them.
Look for low-fat soups and casseroles with vegetables in them.
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Tip: Involve kids in the shopping process; let them decide which veggie they will have for dinner.
Involve kids in the shopping process; let them decide which veggie they will have for dinner.
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